Dunno if this section is the right place to ask this. I'm trying to write a modern/present day(not ancient or apocalyptic setting)martial arts B-movie script with Kill Bill absurdity but I don't know how to start. The beginning reason at the start will feature the handicapped protagonist killing dozens of enemies but I'm not sure how to introduce the character. There are many reasons why a protagonist will start out killing. Revenge for loved one, personal revenge, training a new student and living in a town threatened by a gang are common themes which I want to avoid. Any plot reasons why the hero would start out that way? I'll gradually find different new reasons later during the later part of the plot but I don't know how to begin.
I think I'll keep this for later where I'll make an adjustment to the plot that he gets rejected but is okay with it.
Maybe he's truly the villain the whole time, and you spend the majority of the script trying to convince the audience of the his moral high ground. The unreliable narrator is a fun experience.
idk, maybe they tied up his mother and tortured her, and then he kills them; not only the men but the women and the children as well. But he feels bad about it? So it's not like he's really that bad.
How about betrayal - the men stole his inheritance, his family land, and he's had to live in squalor. Maybe they pretend to be his 'benefactors.' Maybe they've corrupted his village with gambling dens and drugs - so that it's not just revenge individually but more like a Robin Hood thing. He wants to free his neighbors and take back his community.
Thanks for answering everybody. I've settled on making the hero as some sort of bodyguard escorting an important character.
